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we begin in morocco where we re starting to understand the scope of a devastating earthquake where 2000 people are dead after 6. 8 magnitude earthquake rocked the country late friday. another 2000 people are hurt. the u.s. geological survey says that the earthquake was in americas high atlas mountains, about 50 miles southwest of marrakech. meanwhile, it s still very early and it s not hard to see that the city has been left in shambles. extensive damage, morocco today announcing three days of national mourning. adam parson of sky news is in marrakech with the latest. here in marrakech, they re having to come to terms with this burden of grief and the chaos that has followed this natural disaster. there is still real fear about what could happen. here s a very good example of that nervousness. this restaurant behind me was badly damaged by the earthquake on friday, but it only actually collapsed hours, and hours later. and it is that nervousness that s affecting so ma ....
we have the latest on the devastation, and the race against time to find survivors in the rubble. face-off in fulton county. a look at what s next for donald trump s election interference case and georgia, and how d.a., fani willis, is on a winning streak against the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, disgraced, one term ex president, and his friends. all this and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you all. i m katie phang. we begin this morning with the latest on the catastrophic, 6.8 magnitude earthquake and morocco. as of this morning, officials report more than 2000 people are dead, and more than 1400 are injured, and remain in critical condition. this is the most powerful quake to hit the area and marrakech and more than 120 years, according to the u.s. geological survey. while rescue teams struggle to reach affected areas blocked by debris, president biden says the united states stands ready to provide assistance with relief and recovery efforts. nbc ....
destruction and rescue efforts underway? it is a frenzied effort. they re trying to, just as they did when i was back, here where i m still in turkey, back in february. they are trying to uncover what could be thousands of people buried underneath that rubble. thousands of survivors. that s why it s such a desperate effort. one of the differences here is that some of the architecture in morocco, and especially in the rural areas, in the atlas mountains, and in the high atlas mountains, it s really rudimentary. it s basically made of adobe blocks or an reinforced concrete, as you can imagine. a. just crumbles. a lot of people are wondering whether or not rescue workers are able to reach some of those remote areas. whether or not the devastation is going to be even worse than imagined right now. the fact is they went when i was in turkey back in february, we saw essentially mid rise buildings shoddily built, and indeed, they were reinforced concrete. they were multiple ....
moments we ve covered. also two media centers woah! that was a large explosion. and some of the most ridiculous ones as well. [ laughter ] all right. sorry. [ laughter ] yeah, not proud of that. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with the breaking news, the judge late today denying mark meadows request to hold his rico trial in federal court. u.s. district court judge steven jones ruling that his alleged crimes did not involve his official duties as white house chief of staff. i m quoting from his order now. the court finds that the color of the office of the white house chief of staff did not include working with or working for the trump campaign except for simply coordinating the president s schedule, traveling with the president to his campaign events, and redirecting communications to the campaign. bottom line says the judge, quote, the court concludes that meadows has not met even the quite low threshold for removal. it comes at the end of ....
again, and welcome. it s time to break down the big story duress, florida supreme court surprise is the sunshine state actually winnable for president biden then the x-factor with rfk junior has pulled number is climbing is kinda nice appeal about much more than his anti-vax view and keep a ring on it. the new post-divorce trend that may have you re saying, i don t the paddle is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax let s talk about up first, the two ecisions by florida supre court, which have the biden campaign both angry and excited and the trump ca a b nervous this week, the court decided to uphold the law, triggering a six-week abortion ban. but it allowed abortion rights to be put on the november ballot. the two rulings possibly changing the dynamics of the presidential race i m running to make roe v. wade the law of the land again, the biden campaign, putting abortion front and center, slamming florida s new six-week abortion ban as extreme and outrageous ....